#seldom

A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#avoid #avoidance #evil #far #framed

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#destiny #fulfilling #her #ideal #maid

A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#falls #generally #great #great art #into

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#awaken #awakens #inside #must #seldom

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#circumstances #found #little #pay #responsibility

The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#always #compliment #poor #return #rich

Strange things have happened, but seldom does it happen. ↗

— Henry Bliss

#happen #happened #seldom #strange #strange things

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#least #like #most #need #seldom

The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it. ↗

— Bill Copeland

#man #rock #rows #seldom #time

A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure. ↗

— John Foxe

#being #christian #far #him #jew